428 ANOMATHECA. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



ANTHERICUM. 



solitudes of Asia and Arctic America and 

 probably other countries too. 



Known species. A. acanthifolia, Hah? acutiloba, 

 N. America ; aquinoctialis, Peru ; albana, N. Asia ; 



artnena, Asia Minor ; baicalensis, Asia ; baldensis, 

 Switzerland ; barbulata, China ; BauJiini, Ear 



rope; 



cernua, Japan ; cftinensis, China ; coronaria, S.Europe ; 

 crassifolia, Tasmania ; cylindrica, N. America ; 

 dahurica, Temp. Asia; debilis, Siberia; decapetala, 

 N. W. America ; deltoidea, N. W. America ; demissa, 

 Himalayas ; dichotoma, N. Asia and N. America ; 

 Drumtnondii, California ; elongata, Himalayas ; eran- 

 thoides, Temp. Asia; exigua, China; Falconer i, 

 Himalayas ; Fannini, Natal ; Fischcriana, Siberia ; 

 flaccida, China ; formosa, Asia Minor ; fnlgcns, S. 

 Europe ; Glazioviana, Brazil ; Gtneliniana, Siberia ; 

 gracilis, Japan ; Grayi, California ; Griffith!, Hima- 

 layas; H alter i, Switzerland; helleborifolia, S. America ; 

 Hepatica, Europe, N. America ; Jte pat id folia, Chili ; 

 heterophylla, N. America ; integrifolia, Cent. America; 

 isopyroides, Sibirica ; Jamesoni, Ecuador ; Jankce, 

 Transylvania ; japonica, Japan ; lincariloba, Kamts- 

 chatka; mexicana, Mexico; minuta, Siberia; inontana, 

 S. E. Europe ; inultifida, N. and S. America ; narcissi- 

 flora, Europe. N.Asia, N.America ; neinorosa, Europe, 

 N. Asia, N. America ; nikoensis, Japan ; obtusiloba, 

 Himalayas ; ochroleuca, Switzerland ; octffftaJa, Hab ? 

 palniatu, S. Europe ; parviflora, N. America ; patens, 

 Europe, N. America; Pai'oniana, Iberia; Pittoni, 

 Europe ;polyanthes, Himalayas \pratensis, N.Europe; 

 Pulsatilla, Europe ; Raddeana, Amur ; rannnculoides, 

 S. Europe ; rejflexa, Siberia ; Richardsoni, Arctic 

 America ; rigid'a, Chili ; rivularis, E. Indies ; Rossii, 

 China ; rupestris, Himalayas ; rupicola, Himalayas ; 

 Sellmvi, Brazil ; sibirica, Siberia ; slavica, Europe ; 

 speciosa, Caucasus ; sphenophylla, Chili ; stolonifera, 

 Japan ; sumatrana, Sumatra ; syfotstris, S. Europe ; 

 tenuifolia, S. Africa ; tetrase/>ala, Himalayas ; thalic- 

 troides, N. America ; Thomson!, Trop. Africa ; 

 transylvanica, Europe ; trifolia, Europe, N. America ; 

 triternata, S. America ; trullifolia, Himalayas ; 

 Tschernaeivi, Temp. Asia ; uotrtsit, Manchuria ; 

 umbrosa, Siberia ; vemalis, Europe ; inrginiana^ N. 

 America ; vitifolia, Himalayas; Wahlenbergii, Europe; 

 Walteri, N. America ; Wightiana, E. Indies ; Wolf- 

 gangiana, Europe. 



ANOMATHECA (Flowering grass}. 

 A. cruenta is a pretty little South African 

 bulb of the Iris order, from 6 to 12 in. high, 

 flowers \ in. across, carmine crimson, 

 three of the lower segments marked with 

 a dark spot ; in loose clusters on slender 

 stems and Grass-like leaves. Hardy on 

 warm soils, but in others it should be 

 planted on slopes, in very sandy dry soil 

 or on warm borders ; the bulbs planted 

 rather deep. In many soils it increases 

 rapidly. Syn. Lapeyrousia. 



ANTENNARIA (Cafs-ear}. Mostly 

 hardy alpine or border flowers. A. 

 margaritacea is a North American 

 plant, 2 ft. high, with flowers in clusters, 

 white and chaffy, hence are kept in a dry 

 state, and dyed in various colours. The 

 pretty but rare A. triplinttvis from Nepal 

 is closely allied to this plant. The Moun- 

 tain Cat's-ears, A. dioica and A. alpina, 

 and such forms as A. minium, are neat 

 little plants with whitish foliage, used 

 as carpeting. All are of simple culture 



in ordinary soil in exposed positions. 

 These are good rock garden plants and 

 the pretty little rosy heads of one form 

 of the Mountain Everlasting may often 

 be seen in the cottage gardens of War- 

 wickshire. A. touientosa has been much 

 used as a dwarf silvery plant in the flower 

 garden. 



ANTHEMIS ( Rock Camomile}. Vigor- 

 ous perennials and rock plants, Of the 

 kinds in cultivation A. Aizoon is a dwarf 

 silvery rock-plant, 2 to 4 in. high, with 

 Daisy-like flowers. A. Kitaibeli is pretty 

 in the mixed border, with large, pale', 

 lemon-coloured, Marguerite-like flowers. 

 A. tinctoria is similar and both are 



Anthemis Macedonica. 



excellent for cutting, growing very freely 

 in ordinary soil. The double-flowered 

 form of the Corn Camomile (A. arvensis} 

 is sometimes cultivated among annual 

 plants. A. Bicbersteini forms dense 

 carpets of silVery leaves with large and 

 handsome yellow blossoms one on a stem. 

 A. Macedonica is a neat species with white 

 flowers, excellent as a rock-garden plant. 

 There is also a variety called A. nobilis. 



ANTHERICUM (St. Brunds Lily}. 

 Bulbous plants of the Lily family, contain- 

 ing a few species hardy in this country. 

 These are the European kinds, among the 

 most beautiful of hardy flowers. A.Hookeri 

 (syn. Chrysobactron} is a distinct New 

 Zealand plant, 15 to 20 in. high, with 

 bright yellow flowers, in long spikes in 

 early summer. It grows best in moist 

 deep soils. A. Liliago (St. Bernard^ 

 Lily) is about 2 ft. high, with white 

 flowers in early summer. A. ramosum 

 has flower stems about 2 ft. high, much 

 branched, and small white flowers. A. 

 Liliastrum (St. Bruno's Lily) is a grace- 

 ful alpine meadow plant in deep free 

 sandy soil, in early summer throwing up 

 spikes of snowy-white Lily-like blossoms. 

 In dry soils a covering with rotten manure 

 helps it, and in early spring the plants 



